Steaw-ctjtter



O. M USES.

Straw Cutter.

Patented May 25, 1858.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OREN MOSES, OF MALONE, NEW YORK.

STRAW-GUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,361, dated May 25, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. OREN Moses, of Malone, in the county of Franklin andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inStraw-Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved straw cutter; Figs. 2 and 3, viewsof opposite sides of the same, and Fig. 4, a vertical longitudinalsection in the line w, w, of Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate like parts ,in all the figures.

The feeding box A, and the supporting frame of my improved straw cutter,may be constructed in the usual manner.

The knives a of my improved straw cutter are'secured in obliquepositions to disks 6 on the shaft 6; which shaft is placed in front ofthe feeding box and works in suitable bearings 7c, is, projectingforward from the front supporting legs h, h, and so located that thesaid knives, when the shaft 6, is rotated, will pass obliquelyin frontof and in close proximity to the rest Z, at the forward end of thebottom of the feeding box.

The driving shaft (1;, of my improved straw cutter, works in bearings01, a, which are bolted to and rise from the bearings 70, 7c, of theknife shaft Z); a cog wheel on the said driving shaft, works into apinion on the shaft 6, and thereby imparts a rapid motion to it; apinion on the opposite end of said driving shaft, works into a cog wheelon the journal of the toothed feeding roller F, and thereby imparts aslow motion to said roller.

The journals 0, 0, of the toothed feeding roller F, are received intocurved slots m, m, in the guard plates 9, g, and in the upper ends ofthe legs 72,, h, the said journals 0, c, are connected to the drivingshaft (1, by means of the properly perforated metallic plates e, e,which are received into recesses between the guard plates 9, g, and theinner sides of the upper portions of the legs h, h, which arrangement,allows the said roller F,

to rise and fall, without changing its distance from the driving shafta, or interfering with the proper working of the gearing which connectsthe one with the other.

Spiral, or other suitable springs, are placed in the slots m, m, abovethe journals 0, c, as shown in Fig. 2, which cause the roller F, to bealways pressed down upon and to securely hold the straw, or otherarticle, while it is being operated upon by the knives. To prevent thestraw from being drawn around the feeding roller F, I combine aself-acting scraping comb (l, with the connecting bearing plates 6, e,as represented in Figs. 1, and r.

It will be perceived thatthe distance between the teeth of the said comb(Z, and the teeth of the feeding roller F, and the relative position ofthe former to the latter, will' always be the same, whether the rollerbe in its lowest position, when a thin layer of straw is fed into themachine, or in its highest position, when a thick layer of straw is fedinto the mahcine. The ends of the feeding roller F, work so closelyagainst the guard plates g, g, which are secured to the front ends ofthe wooden sides of the feeding box, as to prevent the straw fromworking in between them.

I am aware that a toothed vibrating feeding roller has been used instraw cutters in conjunction with a rigid cleaning comb, and thereforewhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the bridle pieces or connecting plates 6, 6, attachedto cleaning comb d, with driving shaft a, and journals 0, c, of feedingroller F, the whole being constructed for operation conjointly with feedbox A, rest Z, shaft 5 disks t, and knives z, in the manner and for thepurposes set forth.

The above specification of my new and useful improvements in strawcutters, signed and witnessed this 26th day of February OREN MOSES.Witnesses:

N. D. MEEKIN, JOHN L. Loeerrr.

